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For African Studies. Association 'Members FOR AFRICAN STUDIES. ASSOCIATION 'MEMBERS VOLUME XXII JULY/SEPTEMBER 1989 No.3 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Directors 2 From the Secretariat 2 Letters 3 Board Nominations 5 Provisional Minutes Board of Directors 5 Archives-Libraries Committee 15 CAFLIS 15 Guidelines for Librarians Interacting with South Africa 19 i 1 The Book Famine: Opportunities/or Reciprocal I Self-Interest, by Gretchen Walsh 22 I ,j AAASIACLS Sub-Saharan Africa Journal Distri­ ;I bution Program, by Lisbeth A. Levey 24 1 ~ Future Meetings and Calls for Papers 28 Recent Meetings 29 Awards and Fellowships 30 Employment 31 New Publications from Overseas 32 i Search for Directories on Science and Technology 34 Recent Doctoral Dissertations 35 International Visitors Program 48 I Preliminary Program, ASA Annual Meeting 51 i 2 ASA BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS President: Simon Ottenberg (University of Washington) Vice-President: Ann Seidman (Clark University) Past President: Nzongola-Ntalaja (Howard University) RETIRING IN 1989 Mario J. Azevedo (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Pauline H. Baker (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) Allen F. Isaacman (University of Minnesota) RETIRING IN 1990 Sandra Barnes (University of Pennsylvania) Iris Berger (State University of New York at Albany) K wabena Nketia (University of Pittsburgh) RETIRING IN 1991 Martha A. Gephart (Social Science Research Council) Catharine Newbury (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Sulayman S. Nyang (Howard University) FROM THE SECRET ARIA T ... The feverish pace in the secretariat this summer reflects the heat of the Georgia out­ of-doors. As organizational center for the 1989 Annual Meeting, we bustle with activi­ ty. A whole wall is covered with newsprint charts recording room assignments. The phones ring constantly as program committee members and program participants call in changes and developments in the program. Decisions are a way of life - choosing among delicious African entrees for the banquet, deciding on a time for the reception at the Congolese painting exhibition, planning the setting for an expected address by Andrew Young, Mayor of Atlanta and former US ambassador to the UN. In addition to a fine program of scholarly panels and presentations (see the prelimi­ nary schedule, beginning p. 51), we plan a host of special events. The film program will be unique to the ASA experience, featuring new works by contemporary African filmmakers, including the grand prize winner from the 1989 Ouagadougou film festival. A keynote conference on the Horn of Africa will take place at the Carter Center of Emory UniverSity during the first day, November 2; Jimmy Carter will be one of the participants in those sessions. Adebayo Adedeji, Executive Secretary of the UN Eco­ nomic Commission for Mrica, has tentatively accepted an invitation to address a plenary session on structural adjustment and economic recovery. Jonathan Mann, head of the World Health Organization's AIDS efforts, is also a tentative speaker on the ASA program. 3 Atlanta should be at her best for our meeting. Our subway line. MARTA. began service from the airport terminal just one year ago. offering us convenient and inexpen­ sive transportation into the heart of the city. Just a few days ago we watched the reopen­ ing of Underground Atlanta. a shopping-eating-entertainment complex within walking distance of the Hyatt Regency. the ASA convention hotel. We hope that we've scheduled enough "breathing" time for participants to explore areas of interest: "Sweet Auburn Avenue," the historic heart of black Atlanta that in­ cludes the King historic district with Ebeneezer Baptist Church and the Martin Luther King birth home; the Atlanta University Center area with the campuses of six predomi­ nantly black institutions, especially Atlanta University, where W. E. B. Du Bois spent the larger part of his teaching career; the Carter Presidential Center with its museum and library. By happy coincidence, Big Bethel A.M.E. Church will be presenting its annual production of "Heaven Bound" the weekend of our meeting, and ASA members will be offered an opportunity to reserve tickets to that event. Pre-registration packets, including details about the special events, hotel reserva­ tions, travel discounts, and other essential information, will be mailed to ASA members in late July. The number of rooms available in the Hyatt Regency Hotel is limited. Members who wish to avoid the hotel reservations rush may call in advance at 404-577­ 1234. The convention rate is $70 single and $80 double; be sure to mention the ASA Annual Meeting. See you in November! Edna G. Bay LETTERS Dear Friend, I am writing to ask your assistance in a vital enterprise. We are poised again to seek passage in Congress of full. comprehensive sanctions against South Africa. Last year, thanks to your help. the sanctions bill passed the House of Representa­ tives by a vote of 244-132 and passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. But, it failed to come to the Senate floor. This year, we are starting first in the Senate. Senator Paul Simon, (D-Ill.), Chair­ man of the Africa Subcommittee, has introduced a comprehensive sanctions bill (S. 507) in the Senate. He is planning hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in July and hopes for prompt passage by the Committee. The vote in the Committee, and the subsequent vote by the full Senate will be crucial. It is imperative that we have a majority of Senate Foreign Relations Committee members committed to support S. 507 by mid-July, and a majority of the full Senate by the first of August. Senate Foreign Relations Committee members are a key to victory. Assured commitments preclude unnecessary compromise. Once we are assured of a Senate floor vote, we will move the bill in the House. We 4 expect to win there. The House process will begin in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. We are asking every organization and each concerned person to get involved in the effon. We ask you to contact your local Congressperson and ask them to cosponsor and! or support H.R. 21 (the House version of comprehensive sanctions). We would like to know any response that is received. V'e are at a critical point. If we don't go forward, we could begin to lose ground. I hope we can count on you. Your support is very much appreciated. Ifthere are any questions, please contact Bob Brauer of my staff at (202) 225-266 L Sincerely, Ronald V. Dellums Member of Congress Professor Nzongola-Ntalaja Howard University Dear Professor: We are writing you this letter with the purpose of letting you know that the De­ partamento de Ciencias Sociales of the University of Lujan is planning to foster the studies, research work and teaching staff, in order to deal with the specific subjects con­ cerning the countries, regions and peoples of Africa. At this moment a permanent semi­ nary has started to operate about "Present Day Problems of the African States" and an area of Africa was created in the Division of History. Our country has not got enough resources to aquire the up-to-date bibliography re­ quired; therefore we ask you to collaborate with us, sending us your publications and other materials which might contribute to build up our library and create a Documenta­ tion Centre concerning these subjects, which would facilitate research work. Besides, it would be of great use to us if you, ifpossible, would put us into contact with other professors, institutes and centres devoted to the same spheres of interest, con­ sidering a possible relationship of interchange and collaboration. Expecting an answer from you, we remain Yours Sincerely, Professor Maria Elena Vela Responsable del Area de Africa y Asia Departamento de Ciencias Sociales Universidad Nacional de Lujan C.c. 221 - 6700 Lujan - Bs. As. Republica Argentina (Professor Nzongola-Ntalaja urges ASA members to offer whatever help they may to the Universidad Nacional de Lujan.) 5 ASA BOARD NOMINATIONS Members of the African Studies Association Nominating Com­ mittee for 1989 include: Ann Seidman, Clark Univeristy (Chair) Pauline Baker, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Marjorie Harris, African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin John Marcum, University of California, Santa Cruz Kwabena Nketia, University of Pittsburgh Sulayman S. Nyang, Howard University Adell Patton, Howard University The Committee will meet in early November to nominate a slate of persons to stand for Director and for Vice President of the As­ sociation for the 1990 elections. ASA members wishing to suggest nominees may contact members of the Committee directly. PROVISIONAL MINUTES BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Saturday, May 6, 1989. 9:30 am. Room Essex B, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta. Present: Ottenberg (Chair), Azevedo, Baker, Barnes. Berger, Gephart, /saacman, Miller, Nketia, Nzongola-Ntalaja, Seidman, Bay (Exec. Sec.) Guest: Mark DeLancey 1. Approval or October 1988 Board meeting minutes and matters arising Baker moved approval of the minutes. Isaacman seconded. and the motion carried unanimously. Bay requested clarification of the Board decision regarding donation of ASA member publications to the AAAS-ACLS project (ASA News. vol. XXII, no. 1, Jan/Mar 1989, p. 17). The minutes of the October 1988 meeting are unclear if all publications are to be sent or only the African Studies Review. Seidman moved that all member publications be sent and that a note requesting exchange materials be included. The motion was seconded by Berger and passed. Seidman suggested that ASA member publications be sent worldwide on an exchange basis. Members expressed concern about an appropriate repository for materials received and about the costs in staff time, printing and postage. Seidman moved that ASA take a staged approach to the exchange question in which: 1) the Archives-Libraries and Publications Committees would research the question of an appropriate repository for materials received, 2) letters would be sent to institutions all 6 over the world to request and work out an exchange relationship, 3) adequate costs would be estimated and 4) a proposal to fund the exchanges would be prepared.
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